For more and safer cycling in and around Patcham and beyond! Brighton seafront is just down the road, and the countryside is close by in the north.

Joined February 2021
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Potholes, barriers, cones and motor traffic as you join the A23 London Road southbound, which is #NCN20. Cycle awareness isn't built in.🙁youtu.be/Hm2dzUdU9Cc The pothole has been reported by the way.
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Have you seen the re-laid surface at Preston Park entrance on the way into town? Now flat with no risk of crashing due to the kerb. #NCN20 A23 Preston Road, #Brighton.
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Posted council information about work due to start soon on the Patcham A23 bus lane. We want the buses to keep well away from anyone cycling.
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Work about to start in #Patcham. Some benefits like the proposal to close the slip at the southern end of Old London Road, reduced speed limit and a better crossing on the A23, but this is a bus prioritisation scheme, rather than an active travel scheme. one.network/
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Work is to be scheduled to remedy that hazardous kerb at the entrance to Preston Park on Preston Road, #Brighotn possibly in March tbc. We should still only enter the park at the entrance, though and not take a diagonal.
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Sadly, someone was hit by a car/van at the dreadful Carden Avenue/A23 roundabout on Fri 23/1/26 and the driver left the scene! There is an appeal for witnesses & camera footage etc. Found only on Patcham Community Noticeboard on Facebook so far: facebook.com/groups/15745247…
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Hello 2026! How often do you think the A23 cycle lanes are 'closed' in a year? It's very frequent. The northbound lane opposite Woodlands is currently 'closed' as in re-purposed.
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Action from @BrightonHoveCC on a poorly located sign. They sent out an officer when they received a report of this obstruction in the southbound cycle lane on the A23, just before the southern junction of Old London Road.
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There's a shine on the road to #Patcham instead of the previous very poor surface. This is the A23. A cycle route #NCN20. Work continues.
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Have you noticed the blue cycling/walking sign dumped next to the bus stop by #Patcham Place? This has been reported to: brighton-hove.gov.uk/travel-…
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The A23 road and cycle lanes #NCN20 are in desperate need of resurfacing! Great news that this (and other work e.g. Ditchling Rd.) is due soon: • A23 London Road between Tongdean Lane to Preston Park – Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 28. 👍 brighton-hove.gov.uk/travel-…
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Did you see the bus & car collision on the A23 opposite the northern entrance to Preston Park #Brighton? It was on Thursday 25th September. It looks like the crash involved the cycle track. The car was moved off the road afterwards.
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Rain often overwhelms #NCN20 Preston-Patcham. Simply clearing leaves can help. But water was pooling in the *new* cycle path opposite Preston Park at the weekend! Need to keep an eye on this in case there's a bigger problem with drainage needing attention. @BrightonHoveTCC
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Back from hols? Carry on riding for prizes with #CycleSeptember lovetoride.net/uk/pages/curr…
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